Shoe



May 9, 1944. JAYNE 2,348,628

SHOE Original Filed July 15, 1939 JNVENTORL" awvm JAY/YE ATTORNEY Patented May 9, 1944 SHOE Bennett Jayne, Richmond Hill, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Dominick Calderazzo, Dolgeville,

Original application July 15, 1939, Serial No. 284,571. Divided and this application March 6, 1942, Serial No. 433,554

6 Claims. (01. 36-195) This invention relates generally to footwear. More particularly, my invention relates to an improved construction for shoes adapted for street or sportwear and especially to the type of shoes having relatively thick resilient outer soles.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved shoe construction of the character described having a skirt portion which partially conceals the thick outer sole and is so attached to the shoe that it will always present a smooth and non-bulging appearance.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved shoe construction of the character described having skirt portions which are separate from the upper and adjacent the bottom edge thereof.

Still another object of my invention i to provide a novel shoe construction of the character described which shall comprise relatively few and simple parts, which shall be easy to assemble, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and yet rugged in construction and which, at the same time, shall be a general improvement in the art.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

Certain features shown and described but not claimed in this application are shown, described and claimed in my copending application for of a shoe constructed in accordance with my invention; and

Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional views thereof taken substantially along the lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0 is a shoe constructed in accordance with my invention comprising an inner sole I 2 of customary design and thick outer sole [4 made of a resilient material such as sponge rubber. The contour and design of said outer sole I 4 is more fully shown and described in the said parent patent and in my co-pending application for Outer soles for shoes, Ser. No. 433,553, filed March 6, 1942. A leather or fabric upper l6 of a suitable design is provided, aid upper being attached to the insole and outsole in any suitable manner customarily employed by the art, for example, by stitching or cementing. In the illustrated form of the invention the bottom edge of the upper I6 is turned in between the inner sole l2 and the outer sole l4 and at the same time overlies one longitudinal edge of a strip 18 soon to be described. The upper i6 is attached to the insole [2 by adhesion and the outer sole I4 is similarly attached.

The strip l8 may be fabricated from any type of flexible material such as leather, fabric or rubber which may be selected to match the materials of the upper or outsole or to provide a pleasing ornamental contrast thereto. One longitudinal edge of the strip is concealed within and attached to the shoe, being disposed between the turned-in edge of the upper l6 and the outsole l4 and adhered thereto. This leaves a free portion 2!! extending exteriorly of the shoe Ii). The said free portion 20 is bent over to freely overlie a substantialportion of the side of the thick resilient outsole l4 and thus provide a free and unattached skirt.

By employing such a construction I am able to mask a substantial portion of the thick resilient outsole and thus, to all outward appearances, shift the sole line downwardly a substantial amount. Such a downward shift lends a more conventional appearance to the shoe while permitting the use of the very thick outsole l4 which greatly increases walking comfort. Moreover, with a free andunattached skirt, as contrasted to a fixed attached skirt, the outsole may be flexed, bulged, and bent during walking or display of the shoe without aifecting the smooth, flat and unwrinkled appearance of the skirt.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a shoe construction, the combination of a thick resilient outer sole, an upper, means for attaching said upper to said sole and a. flexible skirt portion depending from over said sole and freely overhanging a substantial portion of the rim of said sole, said skirt portion terminating short of the bottom edge of the rim of said sole whereby to leave the lower portion of said rim exposed.

2. In a shoe construction, the combinationof a thick resilient outer sole, a flexible relatively non-resilient upper, means for attaching said upper to said sole and a flexible skirt portion of relatively non-resilient material depending from over said sole and freely overhanginga' substantial portion of the rim of said sole, said skirt portion terminating short .of'; the bottom edge of i the rim of said sole whereby toxleave' the lower portion of said rim exposed.

3. In a shoe construction, the combination of a thick resilient outer sole, an upper, means for attaching said .upper to'said soleand' a separate. fiexihleskirt .zportion depending from. over said. soleandfreely .overhanginga substantial portion of: the rim .of. said sole-said skirt portion'terminating .short-ofnthe bottom edge of the: of said sole whereby .to leavev the lower portion of said rim exposed.

4.1In a shoe construction, the combination of a. thick resilient outerssole, anupper, :means for attaching said upper to said sole and a separate skirtwportion comprising a flexible strip having one longitudinal edge thereof concealed within and-attached to said shoe auportion adjacent theother longitudinal edge'of said strip projectingexteriofly of saidshoe-and depending from over said sole and freely overhanging a substantial portion of the rim of said sole, said skirt portion terminating short of the bottom edge of the rim of said sole whereby to leave the lower portion of said rim exposed.

5. In a shoe construction, the combination of a thick resilient outer sole, an upper, means for attaching said upper to said sole, a separate skirt portion comprising a separate flexible strip freely overhanging a substantial portion of the rim :of said sole and means to attach one longitudinal edge of said strip to said shoe along a line dis- ;posed above the rim of said sole, said skirt por- -tion terminating short of the bottom edge of the rim of said sole whereby to leave the lower portioniof said; rim exposed.

6. .Ina.shoe:;construction, the combination of --aninner so1e, .a resilient outer sole, an upper andastrip, said strip comprising a portion thereof extending inwardly of and overlying the top surface of said outer sole and'ipermanently attached theretov leaving a portionthereof free and unattached and projecting beyondthe periphery of the said. top surface, said last named free portion being folded downwardly to freely overlie a portion of the rim of said outer sole BENNETT J AYNE. 

